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Hammond Park Primary School

Dear Parents and Caregivers

National Day of Action against Bully and Violence

All classes have been working with their teachers and friends to strengthen our school‘s existing everyday messages that bullying and violence at school are not okay at any time. The fifth National Day of Ac-tion against Bullying and Violence will be held on Friday, 20 March 2015. The theme of this year‘s National Day of Action against Bully-ing and Violence is ―Bullying. No way!‖ All children will receive a wrist-band and have a class photo taken showing them being strong and tak-ing a stand against bullying and violence.

NAPLAN

The annual National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) testing for our Year 3 and 5 students will be held from Tues-day 12th May to Friday 15th May. All students (unless they have been formally exempt) will be assessed in Reading, Writing, Language Con-ventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and Numeracy.

The data from NAPLAN gives schools and systems the ability to com-pare their students‘ achievements against national standards and with student achievement in other states and territories. It also allows the monitoring of student progress over time.

All students in Years 3 and 5 will soon bring home a NAPLAN infor-mation brochure. If you require any more information about NAPLAN tests after reading this brochure please feel free to talk to your child‘s teacher or contact a member of the administration team.

NAPLAN is scheduled for the mornings of Tuesday 12 May, Wednesday 13 May, Thursday 14 May and catch up sessions on Friday 15 May.

No Playing Before School

As you are all aware, at HPPS we have a policy of no play (on play-ground equipment or with sports equipment) before school. This policy is enforced to ensure that your children are safe as there is no supervi-sion in the playground before school. This practice also ensures that your children are calm and ready to start learning when they are invited in to their classrooms at 8.40am. Please encourage your children (Years 1 – 6) to put their bag outside their classroom when they arrive at school and then move to Eucalyptus Block alcove where they will be supervised until 8.40am.

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Principals

Welcome

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P & C News 3

Worm Farm

Incursion

School News

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Community

Notices

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Funky Hair Day this Friday 13th

March

This Friday 13th March our P&C Association encourage your children to join

in our ‗Funky Hair Day‘ as part of the ‗World‘s Greatest Shave‘ in support of the Leukaemia Foundation. With your support children can wear their hair in a ‗funky‘ style….anything goes: scrunchies, colours, spikes, waves, curls, toy animals! If you can wear it in your hair – it can be part of Funky Hair Day!

On the day, all students should bring a $2 gold coin donation that will be sent to the Leukaemia Foundation on their behalf. Thank you to our P&C Fund-raising Committee member Jody Anderson for coordinating this event.

Prefects and Faction Captains

Congratulations to our new student leadership group. Four Prefects and four Faction Captains received their badges at our assembly this afternoon. The-se student leaders were chosen by the Year 4, 5 and 6 students following an application process. The following students are our Prefects: Tahj Loo, Daniel Grimm, Paige Wardale and Eric Babu. The Faction Captains are: Isa-bella Perrera (Exulto), Tom Biju (Laurus), Lucas Christie (Magnus) and Shantelle Aguilar (Creo).

Anzac Cottage and the Worm Shed

Over the past week all students in Years 1 – 6 have had the opportunity to embed learning done during class time by visiting Anzac Cottage in Mount Hawthorn or working, at school, with Kevin from the Worm Shed. Opportuni-ties like these are so important and enrich learning experiences for all chil-dren. Thank you also to the parents who volunteered to help supervise stu-dents on their excursion to Anzac Cottage. We hope you also enjoy learning about worm farms and ways to improve the condition of our planet from the students who enjoyed making their own worm farms. Please enjoy the pho-tos of the Worm Shed incursions in this newsletter.

Regards

Jennifer Lee

Principal

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P & C News

The P&C recently held the 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elected a wonderful group of par-

ents to roles across all committees within the P&C. Those representing you and your school on the

P&C this year are;

President: Lianne Clark

Vice President: Amelia Palfrey

Secretary: Bethwyn Macukat

Treasurer: Elavarasi Batmarathen

General Committee: Kirsti Armstrong, Daniela Rebelo, Rebecca Woodward and Clare Poole.

Fundraising Committee: Jody Anderson, Rebecca Sheridan, Ashlee James, Tamara Ansell, Rebecca

Woodward and Clare Poole.

School Banking Officers: Jodi Newman, Rebecca Alcock and Suzie Bester.

Thank you to everyone who attended the AGM and nominated for a role within the P&C. The P&C cannot run without a dedicated group of volunteers, but new members and volunteers are always welcome. If you want to know more about the P&C or to become a member, please contact us on hammondparkpac@gmail.com or come along to the next meeting. You can take up membership at any meeting for the fantastic price of $1. Membership of the P&C allows you to nominate for any va-cant positions, vote at any meeting and to also get all of the latest news delivered to your inbox. You can also find us on Facebook. The next P&C meeting will be held in Week 8 on Wednesday 25th March at 7pm in the Staff Room.

TERM 1 EVENTS

Friday March 13th – Funky Hair Day. Students can attend school sporting their best funky or weird hair-

style. Bring along a gold coin donation and help the Leukaemia Foundation. This event has been or-

ganised by Jody Anderson and is supported by the P&C.

Wednesday April 1st – Easter Raffle. Notes will go home soon with more information.

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE – IMPORTANT NEWS!

The Hammond Park P&C Fundraising Committee is a group of enthusiastic and friendly parents who

plan, organise and co-ordinate all of the Fundraising activities throughout the school year. Our main

aim for 2015 is to raise enough funds to begin utilising the school canteen for special events and morn-

ing tea / lunches on a semi-regular basis. We meet fortnightly and all parents, friends and interested

parties are welcome to join us. We discuss upcoming events and ideas for future fundraising.

Our next meeting will be held Thursday 19th of March, 2015 at 9:10am in the Staffroom.

Everyone is welcome.

How can you help with fundraising? Volunteer some time when events come up, put forward your ideas

and when the committee require returned notes and money, please ensure it is in by the cut-off date

and that you have enclosed the correct money. These simple actions will help events to run smoothly

and be fun for all involved.

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Worm Farm Incursion

On Monday Kevin from the Worm Shed came to our school to help us make a worm farm. Our school won lots of money from the City of Cockburn to pay for the incur-sion.

Kevin showed us a slide show all about worms. He taught us how they eat, have ba-bies, how they help the environment and he even showed us a diagram of a worm.

After the slide show was finished we got to hold the worms and we got to use the magnifying glass to see them up close and to see if they had a saddle. If they have a saddle, it means that they are an adult.

When we had finished holding the worms it was time to make our own worm farm in our plastic bottles. First we put newspaper in the bottle, then wet sand, then a little bit of dry sand and some grass. Then we put our worms in and to protect our worms from the sun, we put some newspaper on top of the worms. After that, we got a big piece of newspaper folded it in half and sticky taped it onto our bottle to provide shade for the worms because they do not like the sun at all. Last of all, we folded a little piece of newspaper as a blanket and then we wet it to keep them cool.

We will be taking our worms home soon but we have to learn how to look after them. Then after the worms have turned all of the grass, wet sand, dry sand and newspaper it will be worm poo and then we put it on our plants and BOOM! Your plants will grow nice and big and healthy.

Our school is building its own worm farm using some of money we won from the Waste Wise grant. We are buying 2kg of worms off Kevin to start off our worm farm. It will be great to be able to recycle so much of our waste and turn it onto fabulous worm poo instead of sending it to landfill. Hopefully soon we will have luscious vege-table gardens around our school.

WORMS ARE ……………… AWESOME!!!

By Lucy Parker and G3

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Congratulations Kiara

Brown for winning four

medals at Little Athletics.

It is time to start thinking of

ordering your children‘s win-

ter uniforms.

The Uniform Order Form is

available from our website or

at the office. We have lim-

ited stocks available for pur-

chase immediately, other-

wise please leave us your

order form and the uniforms

will be available for collec-

tion by the last week of this

term. DATES TO

REMEMBER

Wed 18 Mar -

School Board

Thu 19 Mar -

National Day

of Action

Against Bully-

ing & Violence

Fri 20 - B Divi-

sion Summer

Carnival

Mon 23 - Har-

mony Day

Wed 25 - P&C

Meeting

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“Message You” : \SMS for absences 0437 780

Community Notices

Did you know that over one third of parents of school age children

admit to having never had their children’s vision checked?

As a local member of the community, and the father of two fantastic chil-

dren, I am very passionate about making sure the children of Cockburn

have access to quality Optometry services. At Laubman & Pank Optome-

trists we can assess your childrens vision, because as you know good vi-

sion plays an important role in school performance, and also in their physi-

cal and social development. We recommend every child has their vision

checked before starting school, and each year thereafter—right the way

through primary and high school.

With Bulkbilling available to all Medicare Card Holders

we are well placed to look after your student‘s vision and eye health.

Please feel free to contact me directly if you have

any questions or concerns.

Diyaa Saimouah

Store Manager/Owner

Laubman & Pank Optometrists

Phone: 6595 3292

Cockburn Gateways Shopping City

Shop 315, 816 Beeliar Drive, Success 6164

Lost Bicycle

A child's bicycle was left at the school

on Friday 6 March, please see us in

the office if you are missing a bike.

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HAMMOND PARK OSH CLUB WEEK 6 Dear Parents, Caregivers and Children of OSH Club, We regret to inform you that Hammond Park OSH Club Assistant Gabriel Hurtz is leaving on 10

th of

March. We take this opportunity to thank him for the contribution in providing fun activities and good caring for the children throughout the year and sharing his knowledge with us. We wish him all the best in his near future for his new career and studies. At OSH Club we continue to provide child-interest program therefore the next 2 weeks children will par-ticipate and learn the skills of hand-ball, children will become confident and creative learners as they will enjoy painting. Presently, OSH Club children are involved in fitness circuits and sporting games. We appreciate your support and feedback what would you like to see happen at this service. We welcome Jessica Nguyen, who will be the permanent assistant replacing Gabriel Hurtz alongside your coordinator Ravneer Kaur, they will assist you in any queries you may have regarding your online enrolment, medical conditions and will provide best edu-care for your children. Please visit the service located in undercover area for more information regarding OSH Club‘s policies and philosophy. What you need to know: Please ensure that your child‘s medical condition is specifically expressed to staff. We endeavour

to provide the best care for your child. Please provide a copy of your child‘s immunised records as soon as possible for updates.

We are collecting empty glass jars with the lids for our environmental activities. Please update online enrolments with emergency contacts, child‘s school year etc.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten

what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein.

Kind regards

Hammond Park OSH Club

Coordinator: Ravneer Kaur

Assistant: Jessica Nguyen

Phone: 0432 212 816

E-mail: oshclub.hammondpark@gmail.com

Website: www.oshclub.com.au